Higher Education – Accessing
the Future
Marshall University
Jan I. Fox
VP for Information Technology/CIO
Marshall University
Marshall University
Distance Education in
West Virginia
Overview
Our Audience
Responding to Our Audience
Modes of Delivery
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MU Learning Communities
We are socially inclusive and actively pursue opportunities to
ensure that all our members are part of our learning
communities
We view information technologies. including Internet accessible
interactive multimedia technologies, as tools for enriching
learning by tailoring instruction to societal, organizational, and
individual needs.
We value regional and global interconnections and cultural links
for expanding access and opportunity to educational resources
regardless of format and/or location.
We provide flexible learning programs available to address all
students' needs.
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MU Learning Communities
We will continue to actively implement a technical, social and
intellectual infrastructure that ensures equity of access to
learning, information, and information technologies while
recognizing that investments in learning contribute to overall
competitiveness and the economic and social well-being of the
nation.
We will continue to support the educational demands of
knowledge workers. This includes restructuring library
resources, administrative systems, networks, policy, etc. to meet
the needs of our current and future populations
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Distance & Distributed
Learning Defined
 Distance Education is a process that connects learners with
a system of distributed learning resources designed to meet
the educational needs of a learner.
 This instructional delivery system is characterized by the
separation of time and/or space between instructor and
learner, among learners, and/or between learners and
learning resources.
 One or more media provides for interactions between these
participants.
 Distance Learning can most easily be understood when the
teaching and learning process is viewed from a time and
place perspective.
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Distance Learning Quadrants
Same Time/Same Place Different Time/Same Place
1 2
TRADITIONAL WORK STATION
(College Classroom) (Learning Lab/Center)
Face to Face Meetings,workshops, Computer, Multimedia, On Demand
classes Video, VCR, Mediated Learning
Same Time/Different Place Different Time/Different Place
3 4
REALTIME DISTANCE FLEXIBLE TIME/PLACE
LEARNING DISTANCE LEARNING
(Synchronous) (Asynchronous)
Interactive Television, Satellite Video-based Telecourses
Courses, Interactive Computer Computers and Modems Print-
Conferencing, Audio Conferencing based Courses Web-based Courses
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Concepts
Industrial Age vs. Information Age
Grade Levels Continuous Progress
Covering the Content Outcomes-based Learning
Norm-referenced Individualized Testing
Non-authentic Performance-based Assessment
Group-based content Personal Learning Plans
Adversarial Cooperative Learning
Classrooms Learning Centers & Virtual
Communities
Teacher Coach/Facilitator
Rote Memorization Creative & Critical Thinking
Books Multimedia Technologies
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Our Audiences
K-12
Undergraduate/Community College
Graduate Students
Seniors
Health Care
Workforce Development
Partnering
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Role of Technology
Allows the separation of instructor and
learner
Can be a cognitive tool
Tool that enhances powers of thinking,
problem-solving, learning
Written language, mathematical notation,
scientific method are others
Frames what is possible
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Interactive Technologies
Email, Chat
Threaded Discussion
Online Courses
Interactive Video: Satellite, ATM,
Internet-II , Streaming, Cached
Tools, Simulations
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K12 Resources
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Seven Driving Principles of
the New Age in Education
1. Technology…is here to stay. From student motivation to
professional development, for the first time in history, technology
is affecting every aspect of education.
2. Content…is key. Top-quality, interactive, Web-based
learning programs are essential to ensuring that all students --
children and adults -- can receive the best educational content
anytime, anywhere.
3. Distance…has disappeared. Now educators and
students can connect instantly with peers and experts all over
the globe.
4. Time…is crumbling. In a world of instantaneous
connection, there is a high value on the ability to teach and learn
in real time.
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Seven Driving Principles of
the New Age in Education
5. Community…is power. The strength of a worldwide
education community is the prime factor driving the New Age
in Education.
6. Standards…are rising. The rapidly growing K-12
standards movement is leading to a pronounced impact on
equity in education.
7. Expectations…are increasing. Students and parents
expect Web-based content, online digital libraries, and mainly,
a league of educators prepared to use the best of these
technologies to teach our children.
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Undergraduate/Community
College
Nursing
Business
Compressed Video Courses
Online Business Degree
Community College
Web and CBT Statewide IT Curriculum
Web Based General Education
Internet Specialization
SatNet
HEITV
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Graduate Studies
Special Education
Teacher Training
Business
Education Leadership Online Degree
Counseling
Technology Management
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Health Care
Rural Health Sites - WVRHEP
Learning Resource Centers (19 in rural clinics/hospitals)
CME, Diagnostic Support, Drug Information, Clinical cases
Patients
Community Wellness
Forensics Training
Compressed Video
RuralNet
Interactive Patient
Telemedicine
Regional Jails and Prisons
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New Economy
Innovation
Collaboration
Digitization
Technology
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HIGHER INCOMES LINK TO
EDUCATION
$60,000
$51,116
$42,432
$40,000
$33,332
$26,156
$20,696
$20,000 $15,184
$0
Less Than HS HS Grad Associate Bachelor's Master's Professional or
Diploma Doctorate
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The Knowledge Explosion
Growth of Scientific Knowledge to the Year 2000
...%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
8000 1800 1900 1950 2000 2020
B.C. A.D. est.
Fortune Chart/Source: Bruce Merrifield, Wharton School
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Workforce Skill-Needs vs. Academic Preparation
Indus try S kill-Nee ds
Tec hno lo gic al S kills Gap
Graduate's S kills
1970 2000
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Workforce Development and
Training
Degree + Certification + Experience = Job
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Workforce Development
Computer Based Training via the Internet
Higher Education Statewide Contract
Skill-based Learning
Statewide Community College Information
Technology Curriculum
Cisco Academies
Robert C. Byrd Flexible Manufacturing
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Partnering
K-12
Dual Credit
Web Based IT
Curriculum
College Credit
Video Linkages (Spring Valley High School)
Cisco Networking Academies
Microsoft Seniors Program
Southern Regional Electronic Campus of SREB
Advantage Valley for Economic Development
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Online Computer Based Training (CBT)
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Responding to Our Audience
Location of Audience
Colleges and Universities
Home
Library (school and public)
Work
Centers
Schools
Multiple Sites
Skill Base of Audience
Graduate
Workforce
Resources
Library
Online Book Store
Web and Telephone Registration
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Changing the Student “Service
Model”
Web Access to Resources
Registration
Financial Aid
Bookstore
Student Records (Banner SIS Web)
Advising (Banner Faculty Web)
Library
Virtua Web Multimedia OPAC
Electronic Subscriptions
Electronic Document Delivery
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LATA Defined
LATA (Local Access and Transport Area) is a term in the
U.S. for a geographic area covered by one or more local
telephone companies, which are legally referred to as
Local Exchange Carriers (LEC)
A connection between two local exchanges within the
LATA is referred to as intraLATA.
A connection between a carrier in one LATA to a carrier
in another LATA is referred to as interLATA.
InterLATA is long-distance service. The current rules for
permitting a company to provide intraLATA or
interLATA service (or both) are based on the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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What Are the Issue?
Technical
Financial
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Exchange Carriers
Local eXchange Carriers (examples)
Bell Atlantic West Virginia
Citizens Telecom
Citizens Mountain State
Armstrong
Hardy Telephone Company
War Telephone Company
Inter eXchange Carrier (examples)
AT&T
MCI
Sprint
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Bell Atlantic Intra LATA ATM Pricing
Bandwidth Monthly Yearly
D1 = 1 T1 $610 $ 7,320
DS3 = 24 T1's $3,800 $45,600
OC3 = 72 T1's $7,450 $89,400
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LATA Costs
LATA Line Description Monthly Cost Annual Cost
Charleston/Clarksburg OC3 40,000 480,000
Charleston/Bluefield DS3 10,390 124,680
Clarksburg/Martinsburg DS3 21,324 255,888
** Total Cost $71,714 $860,568
Less Approximate State -35,000 -420,000
Government Voice Share
** Total Unfunded $36,714 $440,568
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Bandwidth
160 145
140
120
100
Megabit
80
60 45
40
20 1.54
0
DS1 DS3 OC3
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Possible Solutions
Central Funding
Build Fiber Link Across LATA
Wireless Solution – Microwave
Change in IXC Rules
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Modes of Delivery
Web/Internet/E-mail
Compressed Video
Satellite
Public Television
Combination of Modes
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MU Online Courses
E-Course
60 Currently Developed
50 in Development
Programs in General Education, Internet Specialization,
Business, Educational Leadership
31 in SREC Spring 2000 (25 in Fall 1999)
WebCT Courses
400+ Currently Developed
2000+ Students
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Online Courses
E-Courses & T-Courses, WebCT & Web-based IT
Curriculum CBT
Over 5,600 students enrolled in courses the utilize WebCT
E-courses - totally Asynchronous (Anytime, Anywhere,
Anyplace)
T-Course - Content totally Online, but 20% of time
synchrounus interactions (chatroom at 8:00 pm on Mondays,
classroom meeting, video link meeting)
SREC Participation in SREC (31 courses for Spring 2000)
Flashlight Technology Assessment (Student
Inventory, Faculty Gap Analysis, Cost Model)
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Benefits to Students
The Electronic Campus increases students’ options dramatically.
Courses not previously available where a student lives or at a time
that was convenient may in fact now be available. Students in the
most remote areas will have access to courses and programs that
have not been readily available.
Students will have the confidence of knowing that the courses
offered via the Electronic Campus are pledged to follow the
Principles of Good Practice.
Students will be able to compare courses, methods of instruction,
how courses are delivered and costs.
The Electronic Campus will provide a central point of
information and an "orderly electronic marketplace amidst the
chaos of a booming Internet."
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Benefits to States
The Electronic Campus will provide the opportunity for more
education for more citizens. The Electronic campus will increase
access for students to needed information on educational courses
and programs.
The Electronic Campus could allow states, through cooperative
development, to jointly share in creating needed courses and
programs - the "electronic wheel" will not have to be reinvented
each time.
Areas previously isolated from the best of educational opportunities
will no longer be cut off because of geography.
Quality educational programs available in any SREB state can be
just as accessible to the students in all SREB states.
The Electronic Campus will provide increased economic
development opportunities for all SREB states. Southern Regional
Education Board states involved are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North
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One Room School 2000
Desktop Video
Marshall University One Room School - 2000
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IntraNet Distributed Distance Network
Network Architecture
(IDDEN)
ATM Juvenile Center
North
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant
WVGC Charleston
Internet
ATM
South Univ. of Charleston
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Huntington
Huntington LATA
Wayne
Logan
Vocational Ed Site ATM Beckley
Bell Atlantic WV 2001
ATM Cloud
Williamson Tier 1 OC-3 (155Mb/s)
ATM Tier 2 DS-3 (45Mb/s)
T1 Tier 3 DS-1 (1.54Mb/s)
Logan Beckley Learning Cluster
Lab
Gilbert
Hub
MUGC Information Node
South Charleston Bluefield
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Compressed Video via ATM
These are regular, live, on-campus courses delivered to several sites in
WV which feature interactive two-way video and audio
communication via high speed telephone lines. Special classrooms
have been constructed to provide state of the art facilities.
Locations
• Huntington (5 classrooms)
• South Charleston (2 plus 1 in Spring)
• Point Pleasant (2 classrooms)
• Beckley
• Gilbert
• SWVCTC
1800+ Students Annually
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Origination Classrooms Feature
Automated Control System (AMX)
Instructor + Student Cameras
Installed Computer &/or Laptop Connection
VCR
Document Camera
White Boards (2 Rooms)
Light Pen
Printers, Fax Machines
Telephones
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Larry Joe Harless Community
Center at Gilbert, WV
Connected via ATM
Computer Lab
Web-based Courses
Workforce Development
Compressed Video
Desktop Video (H.323)
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Connect to SWVCTC
Logan – 2 classrooms
Williamson -- 2 classrooms
Saulsville
Madison
Hamlin
Pettus
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MU Regional
Centers
Point Pleasant
Teays Valley
HUNTINGTON SOUTH
Logan CHARLESTON
Williamson Beckley
Gilbert Bluefield
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Satellite Delivery
SatNet - Satellite Network of West Virginia,
allows academic departments to both originate graduate
and undergraduate courses for the network and receive
courses from other institutions. Course delivery
features live one-way video
and two-way telephone
communications. Some
courses include E-mail,
WebCT and other
Internet components.
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Satellite Network of WV
Consortium of 16 Public Institutions
35 Graduate & Undergraduate Courses Annually
1500 Students Annual SatNet students
MU and MUGC Produce Courses for the Network
One-way Video and Two-way Audio
400 Potential Receive Sites
Internet Features with WebCT
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HEITV
West Virginia Higher Education Instruction Television
consortium, Academic departments offer several courses
each semester via public television stations in West
Virginia. Students view the courses at home and then meet
on campus a few times each semester for discussions and
examinations.
Statistics
18 Courses per Year
Enrollment 1600-1800 per year
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MU Resources
Information Technology
Computing Serives
ITV
SatNet
Library
Instructional Technology
MUOnline – for students and faculty
Links for all online courses
E-Course Policy
Resources
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Other Online Resources
Annenberg’s Top 10 Distance Learning
Resources
http://www.learner.org/edtech/distlearn/t
opten.html
Distance Ed at a Glance
http://www.uidaho.edu/evo/distglan.html
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Presentation Available at:
www.marshall.edu/itc/k12/k12distance.htm